Mesalina ercolinii is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.
Etymology The specific name, ercolinii, is in honor of Italian ichthyologist Antonio Ercolini.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Mesalina ercolinii, p. 84).
Description M. ercolinii is rather large, and is short-legged. The holotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .Lanza & Poggesi (1975).Arnold et al. (1998).
Reproduction M. ercolinii is oviparous.
References
Further reading Arnold EN, Lanza B, Poggesi M, Corti C (1998). "Notes on the anatomy and phylogenetic position of Eremias ercolinii Lanza & Poggesi 1975 (Reptilia, Lacertidae)". Tropical Zoology 1: 235–240. (Mesalina ercolinii, new combination). Lanza B, Poggesi M (1975). "On a new Eremias from central Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Nuova Serie Supplemento 6 (16): 305–312. (Eremias ercolinii, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).